Definitions of emulate [ˈi myu]

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Definition of 'emulate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) emulate
to imitate in an effort to equal or surpass.

2.  emulate
to rival with some degree of success.

3.  emulate
to imitate the functions of (another computer system) by means of software.

4.  emulate
to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task.

5. (adj.) emulate
Obs. emulous.

Etymology: (1580–90; < L aemulātus, ptp. of aemulārī to rival. See emulous , -ate¹)

Definition of 'emulate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) emulate
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
"He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister"

2. (verb) emulate
imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software

3. (verb) emulate
compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
"This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"

Definition of 'emulate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) emulate
striving to excel; ambitious; emulous

2. (verb) emulate
to strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great

Translation of 'emulate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to try hard to equal or be better than.
Afrikaans: streef, ewenaar	Arabic: يَتَشَبَّه بِ، يُنافِس	Bulgarian: подражавам
Brazilian: imitar	Czech: soutěžit	German: nacheifern
Danish: efterligne	Greek: μιμούμαι	Spanish: emular
Estonian: järele püüdlema	Farsi: برتری جویی کردن؛ رقابت کر	Finnish: matkia
French: essayer d'égaler	Hebrew: לְנָסוֹת לְהִשתָווֹת	Hindi: प्रतिस्पर्धा करना
Croatian: natjecati se	Hungarian: versenyez	Indonesian: berusaha menyamai
Icelandic: líkja eftir; reyna að jaf	Italian: emulare	Japanese: 負けまいとする
Korean: 우열을 다투다	Lithuanian: lenktyniauti, rungtis	Latvian: censties pārspēt
Malay: berusaha menyamai	Dutch: wedijveren met	Norwegian: prøve å etterlikne, kappe
Polish: próbować dorównać, rywali	Persian: برتری جویی کردن؛ رقابت کر	Pashto: سيالى كول (سره)، دبرابرېد
Portuguese: igualar	Romanian: aîncerca să întreacă	Russian: соперничать
Slovak: súťažiť	Slovenian: kosati se	Serbian: oponašati
Swedish: efterlikna, söka överträf	Thai: ตะเกียกตะกาย	Turkish: daha iyisini yapmayaçalış
Taiwanese: 努力趕上或超越	Ukrainian: змагатися; намагатися пер	Urdu: نقالی کی کوشش کرنا
Vietnamese: tranhđua	Chinese: 努力赶上或超越
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